India beat Pakistan by 19 runs to retain Asian Games cricket gold

India beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the men's cricket final at the Asian Games 2026 in Nisshin, Japan, on 3 October, retaining the gold medal.

Shreyas Iyer won the toss and chose to bat. Abhishek Sharma struck 61 off 28 balls, with seven sixes and three fours, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made 15 off 9. Ishan Kishan and Iyer added 35 before Tilak Varma anchored the innings with an unbeaten 51 and Shivam Dube made 27 as India reached 211 for 6.

Washington Sundar dismissed Pakistan captain Sahibzada Farhan and Abdul Samad, and took two catches, including one near the boundary to remove Maaz Sadaqat. Axar Patel took 2 for 29 from four overs. Hasan Nawaz made 96 off 51 for Pakistan, but Shivam Dube took two wickets and Jasprit Bumrah bowled the 19th over as India held on.

The win gave India back-to-back Asian Games men's cricket gold medals.